US20130240572A1 - Liquid dispensing head forcibly detachable from bottle or container - Google Patents
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- the embodiments relate to a method and device for dispensing liquid and, more specifically, to an improved dispense head for an automated liquid dispensing machine.
- Liquid dispensing machines such as wine dispensing machines
- Wine Station® brand liquid dispensing device sold by Napa Technologies, Inc. of Campbell, Calif. allows the precise dispensing of wine.
- This wine dispensing system uses gas displacement to displace a precise volume of wine.
- the system allows displacement of different volumes of wine allowing a pour of a taste, half glass, or full glass amount which may correspond to a 1 oz., 4 oz., or 8 oz. pour of dispensed liquid.
- the gas used for displacement may be nitrogen or another gas which does not react or degrade wine. This allows the system to dispense wine without degradation of the wine between pours.
- Such a dispense system also allows better tracking of the wine inventory for a retailer since the devices are configured to connect to a centralized computer system.
- FIG. 1 a profile of a dispense head 10 is shown.
- This dispense head includes a gas input 16 positioned at the rear of the dispense head when the dispense head is inserted into a wine dispensing machine. Gas input 16 then forms a gas-tight seal with a gas output on the machine. A metered amount of gas then flows through the machine to displace wine.
- Dispense spout 12 is a hollow tube through which wine flows when wine is dispensed by the dispensing system.
- a rotatable valve assembly 14 is also controlled by the wine dispensing system when dispense head 10 is attached to a wine bottle and the dispense head inserted into the wine dispense machine such that gas input 16 mates with a gas output on the wine dispensing machine.
- Rotatable valve assembly may be rotated such that different channels within the rotatable valve assembly 14 align with different passageways within the dispense head. For example, if the gas input is simply aligned with the dispense spout 12 .
- a puff of gas will pass through the dispense spout 12 .
- On the lower side of the dispense head 10 under the valve assembly 14 is a cap 18 which sits over the neck of a wine bottle. Within cap 18 is the tapered cylinder 26 which fits into a wine bottle. At the lower end of the tapered cylinder 26 is a tube mount 20 . Onto mount 20 a tube 22 is mounted.
- This tube 22 extends to the bottom of a wine bottle and when gas flows from gas input 16 through holes on tapered cylinder 26 the wine is displaced and will flow into the open bottom end of tube 22 and into a channel in the dispense head 10 and out dispense spout 12 .
- FIG. 2 shows another view of the dispense head 10 attached to wine bottle neck 50 .
- cap 18 covers the top of wine bottle neck 50 .
- Gas input 16 is opposite dispense spout 12 .
- On the body 40 of dispense head 10 is a valve assembly cap 30 . Extending through valve assembly cap 30 is a rotating tab 52 .
- rotating tab 52 is rotated by the wine dispensing system different pathways for gas and liquid travel are aligned. For example, if a channel from gas input 16 is blocked by rotation of rotating cap 52 no gas will flow through the system. This affectively seals the wine bottle as long as any channel leading to dispense spout 12 is also blocked.
- the sealed wine bottle can then be removed from a wine dispensing system and stored or replaced with an alternative wine bottle.
- the channel leading from gas input 16 is connected through to the channel leading into the tapered cylinder 26 . This would cause liquid to flow up tube 22 (shown in FIG. 1 ) and into a channel in the dispense head 10 that leads to the dispense spout 12 .
- the gas input 16 is directly connected to dispense spout 12 . This allows a puff of air to flow through the dispense spout to clear it of any liquid.
- an exploded view of the dispense head 10 again shows the body 40 of dispense head 10 having a dispense spout 12 at one end and a gas input 16 at the opposite end.
- a cap 18 is affixed below body 40 and extends above the open end of the wine bottle when the dispense head 10 is attached to the wine bottle.
- Seated with the valve mount 38 on body 40 is the rotatable valve assembly 14 .
- the channels discussed above allowing connections of the gas input and wine output are on the underside of rotating valve 34 . This can be seen in U.S. Pat. No. 7,712,631 which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes herein.
- Rotating valve 34 has a tab 34 A which may be rotated by the wine dispensing system.
- An inner O-ring seal 32 seals rotating valve 34 to valve assembly cap 30 to prevent leaks.
- bands 36 A, 36 B On the sides of body 40 are mounted bands 36 A, 36 B. These bands have pins 37 A, 37 B which extend into the dispense spout 12 . Bands 36 A, 36 B make an electrical connection with the wine dispense system. This allows electronic determination of whether the dispense head is properly inserted into the dispense machine. In addition the impedance may be measured as wine is dispensed. For example, the measuring of bubbles (even microbubbles) will be detectable and allow an alert that the wine level within a bottle is low.
- the underside of the dispense head 10 includes a bottle mount assembly 80 .
- a retainer ring 82 holds intake tube mount 84 . This provides the channel through which the wine will flow.
- the underside of dispense head 10 again shows a dispense spout 12 on one side of the device and gas input 16 on the opposing side.
- Cap 18 is mounted on body 40 and extends about the back of the wine bottle.
- a tube mount 20 on tapered cylinder 26 allows attachment of a tube which extends to the bottom of a wine bottle.
- Gas ports 24 allow the flow of gas into a wine bottle to establish a pressurized head.
- Tapered cylinder 26 is extended into the wine bottle. The taper of tapered cylinder 26 allows the dispense head to be fitted into a variety of different wine bottles having different diameter bottle neck openings.
- the present device has experienced some problems. For example, leakage is a possible problem in this pressurized device.
- the device is designed for use with a variety of different sized wine bottle necks, the variety of different wine bottle necks has been challenging to accommodate without gas leakage.
- Some attempts have been made to use washer-like spacers within wine bottle necks to forma better seal.
- this has proved non-ideal. It is an objective to provide a dispense head with more robust leak prevention.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a prior art dispense head.
- FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the dispense head of FIG. 1 as inserted into a wine bottle.
- FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the dispense head of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 4 is an underside view of the dispense head of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 5A is a side view of an improved dispense head.
- FIG. 5B is a bottom perspective view the dispense head of FIG. 5A .
- FIG. 6 is a side perspective view of a detachable pour spout.
- FIG. 7A is a top view of rotatable cap.
- FIG. 7B is a bottom view of the rotatable valve cap of FIG. 7A .
- FIG. 7C is a top view of the cap of FIG. 7A .
- FIG. 7D is a cross sectional view of the cap shown in FIG. 7A .
- FIG. 7E is a detail of an internal annular resilient member.
- FIG. 7F is a detail of another annular resilient member.
- FIG. 8 is a top perspective view of a nut.
- the present embodiments provide a number of improved features to a dispense head. These include removable and exchangeable gaskets. This feature allows for the ability to exchange or replace gaskets by simply unscrewing a threaded nut at the bottom stem of the dispense head. There is no standard for the diameter of a one bottle neck opening. For this reason a variety of one bottle gasket sizes are needed to adapt a dispense head to the variety of different wine bottle neck openings.
- the stem that is inserted into the wine bottle of a dispense head requires multiple channels to enable gas, pressurization, gas purging and liquid pouring.
- the present gaskets described herein allow a plurality of different gaskets to be secured on this stem such that it is usable for a variety of different bottle neck openings.
- the cap of the rotatable valve assembly includes molding that protects wine leaks from occurring through the cap when the wine bottle is pressurized.
- the disclosed embodiments show a spout design which provides for quick removal and cleaning.
- the dispense head 10 includes a gas intake 16 mounted on or molded onto body 40 .
- Opposing side body 40 includes a spout mount 102 .
- spout mount 102 in FIGS. 5A , 5 B may be mounted a pour spout 12 as shown in FIG. 6 .
- This spout includes a mount pipe 136 , a bushing 134 , and a collar 130 .
- the spout mount 102 allows the bushing 134 to fit over and mount pipe 136 to fit within spout mount 102 .
- a resilient button 132 may lock onto spout mount 102 of FIG. 5A , 5 B to hold pour spout 12 in place. In this manner the pour spout may be easily removed for cleaning or replaced in case of damage. This may be done even while the wine bottle has a dispense head mounted on it and the interior space of the bottle pressurized.
- the body 40 also has a cylinder 108 mounted on it. At an upper end of bottle extending cylinder 108 are nut threads 110 . At a lower end bottle extending cylinder 108 are external gasket threads 112 . This allows attachment of an external gasket 114 having internal threads 118 . A variety of different gasket sizes may be provided allowing the device to be used on a variety of wine bottle neck openings.
- the rotatable valve assembly is shown without some parts, which are shown in FIGS. 1-4 .
- the valve assembly portions including the valve mount and rotating valve as shown in FIG. 3 are still utilized.
- the cap has been modified to prevent leaks.
- FIGS. 7A , 7 B the cap 118 is shown having a plurality of arched holes 140 and a center hole 142 .
- a rotating valve tab extends through center hole 142 .
- FIG. 7B a track 144 is shown. Track 144 mates with other elements of the rotating valve simply to ensure a limited range of motion of the rotating valve. This ensures that only certain internal channels are alignable.
- the underside of cap 118 shown in FIG. 7C and including cap center hole 142 includes a resilient over molding 170 extending from a edge of the radial area at center hole opening 142 across the substantially flat surface of the underside of the cap to a annular curved internal edge within cap 118 .
- the underside of cap 118 includes a resilient annular member 150 and a cap underside structure 152 .
- Detail at FIG. 7E shows underside structure 152 having a resilient annular member 158 extending from the side of structure 152 into opening 142 .
- Resilient annular structure 158 has a radius such that a rotatable valve structure extended through cap 118 will be compressed against resilient annular structure 158 to form a seal.
- a second resilient structure extending to the arch shaped holes 140 shown in FIGS. 7A , 7 B are sealed by resilient annular member 150 having a resilient annular bump 154 . Bump 154 presses against the disk inserted within the rotatable valve assembly. This prevents wine from leaking through openings 142 .
- a nut 120 having internal threads 122 may be attached to the threads 110 on bottle extending cylinder 108 .
- This nut serves as the limit for insertion of the dispense head into a wine bottle.
- the dispense head may then be removed by rotating the nut which would then force the dispense head with the mounted gasket above the wine bottle neck.
- the removal and exchangeable gaskets, the modified cap ceiling design and the removable dispense head designs may be used individually or in any combination on dispense heads. This provides advantages, such as greater resistance to leaking or greater ability to clean parts of the device.
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A fluid dispense head is removably joined to a bottle, such as a wine bottle, or similar container, by having a hollow cylinder extend into the bottle and on one end sealed to a neck of the bottle with an annular gasket and on an opposite end joined to the dispense head. A nut on opposite end of the hollow cylinder limits entry of the cylinder into the bottle. When the nut is turned relative to the cylinder, the gasket seal is broken and the dispense head can be removed from the bottle. A set of annular gaskets of different diameters may be provided for bottles of different neck sizes.
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- This application claims priority from U.S. provisional application No. 61/528,549, filed Aug. 29, 2011.
- The embodiments relate to a method and device for dispensing liquid and, more specifically, to an improved dispense head for an automated liquid dispensing machine.
- Liquid dispensing machines, such as wine dispensing machines, are currently sold and are in increasing use and popularity. For example, Wine Station® brand liquid dispensing device sold by Napa Technologies, Inc. of Campbell, Calif. allows the precise dispensing of wine. This wine dispensing system uses gas displacement to displace a precise volume of wine. The system allows displacement of different volumes of wine allowing a pour of a taste, half glass, or full glass amount which may correspond to a 1 oz., 4 oz., or 8 oz. pour of dispensed liquid. The gas used for displacement may be nitrogen or another gas which does not react or degrade wine. This allows the system to dispense wine without degradation of the wine between pours. Such a dispense system also allows better tracking of the wine inventory for a retailer since the devices are configured to connect to a centralized computer system.
- One unique and advantageous feature of the Wine Station wine dispensing system is the unique dispense head. With reference to
FIG. 1 , a profile of adispense head 10 is shown. This dispense head includes agas input 16 positioned at the rear of the dispense head when the dispense head is inserted into a wine dispensing machine.Gas input 16 then forms a gas-tight seal with a gas output on the machine. A metered amount of gas then flows through the machine to displace wine. - Opposite the
gas input 16 isdispense spout 12.Dispense spout 12 is a hollow tube through which wine flows when wine is dispensed by the dispensing system. Arotatable valve assembly 14 is also controlled by the wine dispensing system whendispense head 10 is attached to a wine bottle and the dispense head inserted into the wine dispense machine such that gas input 16 mates with a gas output on the wine dispensing machine. Rotatable valve assembly may be rotated such that different channels within therotatable valve assembly 14 align with different passageways within the dispense head. For example, if the gas input is simply aligned with thedispense spout 12. A puff of gas will pass through thedispense spout 12. This allows thedispense spout 12 to be cleared of any fluid which may be retained within the dispense spout. On the lower side of thedispense head 10 under thevalve assembly 14 is acap 18 which sits over the neck of a wine bottle. Withincap 18 is thetapered cylinder 26 which fits into a wine bottle. At the lower end of the taperedcylinder 26 is atube mount 20. Onto mount 20 atube 22 is mounted. Thistube 22 extends to the bottom of a wine bottle and when gas flows fromgas input 16 through holes ontapered cylinder 26 the wine is displaced and will flow into the open bottom end oftube 22 and into a channel in thedispense head 10 and outdispense spout 12. -
FIG. 2 shows another view of thedispense head 10 attached towine bottle neck 50. As seen above,cap 18 covers the top ofwine bottle neck 50.Gas input 16 isopposite dispense spout 12. On thebody 40 ofdispense head 10 is avalve assembly cap 30. Extending throughvalve assembly cap 30 is a rotatingtab 52. When rotatingtab 52 is rotated by the wine dispensing system different pathways for gas and liquid travel are aligned. For example, if a channel fromgas input 16 is blocked by rotation of rotatingcap 52 no gas will flow through the system. This affectively seals the wine bottle as long as any channel leading todispense spout 12 is also blocked. The sealed wine bottle can then be removed from a wine dispensing system and stored or replaced with an alternative wine bottle. In a second operation the channel leading fromgas input 16 is connected through to the channel leading into thetapered cylinder 26. This would cause liquid to flow up tube 22 (shown inFIG. 1 ) and into a channel in thedispense head 10 that leads to thedispense spout 12. In a third operation created by rotation of rotatingcap 52 thegas input 16 is directly connected todispense spout 12. This allows a puff of air to flow through the dispense spout to clear it of any liquid. - With reference to
FIG. 3 , an exploded view of thedispense head 10 again shows thebody 40 ofdispense head 10 having adispense spout 12 at one end and agas input 16 at the opposite end. Acap 18 is affixed belowbody 40 and extends above the open end of the wine bottle when thedispense head 10 is attached to the wine bottle. Seated with thevalve mount 38 onbody 40 is therotatable valve assembly 14. This includes thevalve assembly cap 30 positioned over rotatingvalve 34. The channels discussed above allowing connections of the gas input and wine output are on the underside of rotatingvalve 34. This can be seen in U.S. Pat. No. 7,712,631 which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes herein. Rotatingvalve 34 has a tab 34A which may be rotated by the wine dispensing system. An inner O-ring seal 32seals rotating valve 34 tovalve assembly cap 30 to prevent leaks. - On the sides of
body 40 are mounted bands 36A, 36B. These bands have pins 37A, 37B which extend into thedispense spout 12. Bands 36A, 36B make an electrical connection with the wine dispense system. This allows electronic determination of whether the dispense head is properly inserted into the dispense machine. In addition the impedance may be measured as wine is dispensed. For example, the measuring of bubbles (even microbubbles) will be detectable and allow an alert that the wine level within a bottle is low. - The underside of the
dispense head 10 includes abottle mount assembly 80. This includes acap 18 which extends around the neck of the wine bottle. Withincap 18 are taperedcylinder 26 which fits into a wine bottle as shown inFIG. 2 . Aretainer ring 82 holdsintake tube mount 84. This provides the channel through which the wine will flow. - With reference to
FIG. 4 the underside ofdispense head 10 again shows adispense spout 12 on one side of the device andgas input 16 on the opposing side.Cap 18 is mounted onbody 40 and extends about the back of the wine bottle. Atube mount 20 on taperedcylinder 26 allows attachment of a tube which extends to the bottom of a wine bottle.Gas ports 24 allow the flow of gas into a wine bottle to establish a pressurized head.Tapered cylinder 26 is extended into the wine bottle. The taper of taperedcylinder 26 allows the dispense head to be fitted into a variety of different wine bottles having different diameter bottle neck openings. - In use the present device has experienced some problems. For example, leakage is a possible problem in this pressurized device. Although the device is designed for use with a variety of different sized wine bottle necks, the variety of different wine bottle necks has been challenging to accommodate without gas leakage. Some attempts have been made to use washer-like spacers within wine bottle necks to forma better seal. However, given that these are not part of the dispense head this has proved non-ideal. It is an objective to provide a dispense head with more robust leak prevention.
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FIG. 1 is a side view of a prior art dispense head. -
FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the dispense head ofFIG. 1 as inserted into a wine bottle. -
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the dispense head ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 4 is an underside view of the dispense head ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 5A is a side view of an improved dispense head. -
FIG. 5B is a bottom perspective view the dispense head ofFIG. 5A . -
FIG. 6 is a side perspective view of a detachable pour spout. -
FIG. 7A is a top view of rotatable cap. -
FIG. 7B is a bottom view of the rotatable valve cap ofFIG. 7A . -
FIG. 7C is a top view of the cap ofFIG. 7A . -
FIG. 7D is a cross sectional view of the cap shown inFIG. 7A . -
FIG. 7E is a detail of an internal annular resilient member. -
FIG. 7F is a detail of another annular resilient member. -
FIG. 8 is a top perspective view of a nut. - The present embodiments provide a number of improved features to a dispense head. These include removable and exchangeable gaskets. This feature allows for the ability to exchange or replace gaskets by simply unscrewing a threaded nut at the bottom stem of the dispense head. There is no standard for the diameter of a one bottle neck opening. For this reason a variety of one bottle gasket sizes are needed to adapt a dispense head to the variety of different wine bottle neck openings. The stem that is inserted into the wine bottle of a dispense head requires multiple channels to enable gas, pressurization, gas purging and liquid pouring. The present gaskets described herein allow a plurality of different gaskets to be secured on this stem such that it is usable for a variety of different bottle neck openings. In addition, the cap of the rotatable valve assembly includes molding that protects wine leaks from occurring through the cap when the wine bottle is pressurized. In addition the disclosed embodiments show a spout design which provides for quick removal and cleaning.
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FIGS. 5A and 5B , as in the prior design the dispensehead 10 includes agas intake 16 mounted on or molded ontobody 40. Opposingside body 40 includes aspout mount 102. - With reference to
FIG. 6 , ontospout mount 102 inFIGS. 5A , 5B may be mounted a pourspout 12 as shown inFIG. 6 . This spout includes amount pipe 136, abushing 134, and acollar 130. Thespout mount 102 allows thebushing 134 to fit over andmount pipe 136 to fit withinspout mount 102. Aresilient button 132 may lock ontospout mount 102 ofFIG. 5A , 5B to hold pourspout 12 in place. In this manner the pour spout may be easily removed for cleaning or replaced in case of damage. This may be done even while the wine bottle has a dispense head mounted on it and the interior space of the bottle pressurized. - Returning to
FIGS. 5A , 5B, thebody 40 also has acylinder 108 mounted on it. At an upper end ofbottle extending cylinder 108 arenut threads 110. At a lower endbottle extending cylinder 108 areexternal gasket threads 112. This allows attachment of anexternal gasket 114 havinginternal threads 118. A variety of different gasket sizes may be provided allowing the device to be used on a variety of wine bottle neck openings. - As shown in
FIG. 5A , the rotatable valve assembly is shown without some parts, which are shown inFIGS. 1-4 . The valve assembly portions including the valve mount and rotating valve as shown inFIG. 3 are still utilized. The cap has been modified to prevent leaks. With respect toFIGS. 7A , 7B thecap 118 is shown having a plurality ofarched holes 140 and acenter hole 142. A rotating valve tab extends throughcenter hole 142. InFIG. 7B atrack 144 is shown.Track 144 mates with other elements of the rotating valve simply to ensure a limited range of motion of the rotating valve. This ensures that only certain internal channels are alignable. With reference toFIGS. 7C , 7D, 7E, 7F and 7G the underside ofcap 118 shown inFIG. 7C and includingcap center hole 142 includes a resilient overmolding 170 extending from a edge of the radial area at center hole opening 142 across the substantially flat surface of the underside of the cap to a annular curved internal edge withincap 118. As shown in cross sectional view 7D the underside ofcap 118 includes a resilientannular member 150 and acap underside structure 152. Detail atFIG. 7E showsunderside structure 152 having a resilientannular member 158 extending from the side ofstructure 152 intoopening 142. Resilientannular structure 158 has a radius such that a rotatable valve structure extended throughcap 118 will be compressed against resilientannular structure 158 to form a seal. On the underside of cap 142 a second resilient structure extending to the arch shapedholes 140 shown inFIGS. 7A , 7B are sealed by resilientannular member 150 having a resilientannular bump 154. Bump 154 presses against the disk inserted within the rotatable valve assembly. This prevents wine from leaking throughopenings 142. - With reference to
FIG. 8 , anut 120 havinginternal threads 122 may be attached to thethreads 110 onbottle extending cylinder 108. This nut serves as the limit for insertion of the dispense head into a wine bottle. The dispense head may then be removed by rotating the nut which would then force the dispense head with the mounted gasket above the wine bottle neck. - The removal and exchangeable gaskets, the modified cap ceiling design and the removable dispense head designs may be used individually or in any combination on dispense heads. This provides advantages, such as greater resistance to leaking or greater ability to clean parts of the device.
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1. An apparatus for removably joining a liquid containing bottle of the type having a neck to a dispense head with spout of the type having a gas valve controlling gas pressure pumping of fluid from the bottle comprising:
an axially hollow cylinder with a first portion adapted to fit inside the neck of a bottle and a second portion outside the neck and supporting the dispense head, the cylinder having threads at opposite ends thereof along the first and second portions thereof;
a turnable nut engaging threads on the second portion of the cylinder and contacting the neck at an end thereof, limiting entry of the hollow cylinder into the bottle;
a screw-on gasket having an inner surface engaging threads on a first portion of the cylinder and having an outer surface engaging the inside of the neck in a manner sealing the outside of the cylinder against the neck;
whereby turning the nut when the hollow cylinder and gasket are in place forces the cylinder to move axially and breaks the gasket seal with the neck.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the gasket is an annular gasket.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 having a plurality of screw-on gasket of different diameters for bottles having necks of different sizes.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the bottle neck is part of a wine bottle.
5. A liquid dispense head apparatus removable from a liquid container comprising:
a dispense head;
a gas input port on said body;
a pour spout opposite said gas input port on said dispense head;
a rotating valve assembly including;
a cap having a central hole;
a rotating valve member fitting inside said cap having a tab extending through said central hole;
a first annular resilient member on said cap extending centrally into said hole such that said rotating valve member forms a first liquid tight seal with said first annular resilient member when aid rotating valve member has said tab extend through said hole;
a second annular resilient member positioned on an underside of said cap radially outward from said central hole such that said rotating valve member forms a second liquid tight seal with said second annular resilient member;
a bottle neck cylinder extending from said dispense head connectable by said rotating valve member to said gas input port such that when gas is provided to said gas input port and said rotating valve member is positioned to allow gas communication, gas will flow from opening in said bottle neck cylinder;
a tube extending from an end of said bottle neck cylinder;
first external threads on a terminal end of said bottle neck cylinder;
a gasket secured to said first external threads lodging the gasket inside of the liquid container; and
a nut associated with second threads on the bottle neck cylinder distal to the terminal end;
whereby turning the nut on the second threads dislodges the gasket, allowing removal of the dispense head.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the liquid container is a wine bottle and the bottle neck cylinder fits into a neck of the wine bottle.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein annular gasket seals the bottle neck cylinder to the bottle neck.
8. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the gasket is an annular gasket.
9. An apparatus for removably joining a liquid containing bottle of the type having an neck to a dispense head with spout of the type having a gas valve controlling gas pressure pumping of fluid from the bottle wherein the improvement comprises;
a bottle neck hollow cylinder extending from said dispense head body into said bottle at a terminal end thereof;
first external threads on the terminal end of the cylinder;
an annular gasket secured to said first external threads; and
a nut associated with second threads on the bottle neck cylinder distal to the terminal end, limiting entry of the bottle neck hollow cylinder into the bottle;
whereby turning the nut on the second threads dislodges the gasket, allowing removal of the dispense head.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the liquid containing bottle is a wine bottle.
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